since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light

magic persists without us no matter what we may do to try to spoil it

You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad.

I lie as truthfully as I can.

there is always one woman to save you from another and as that woman saves you she makes ready to destroy

Human relationships didn't work anyhow. Only the first two weeks had any zing, then the participants lost their interest. Masks dropped away and real people began to appear: cranks, imbeciles, the demented, the vengeful, sadists, killers. Modern society had created its own kind and they feasted on each other. It was a duel to the death--in a cesspool.

there's no chance at all: we are all trapped by a singular fate.